As 3D printers become more ubiquitous, the number of custom designs and styles of printers has skyrocketed. From different printing materials and technologies to the movements of the printing head, we ...

We’ve seen a few makers 3D scan themselves, and use those to print their own action figures or statuettes. Some have gone so far as building life-sized statues composed of many 3D printed parts. [Ivan ...

The trade-off of an affordable 3D printer is that they’re usually small and can only produce small objects. To make something big, you have to break it down into smaller parts first. But Autodesk has ...

FORT WORTH – People gathered this Wednesday in Fort Worth to witness the construction of what is believed to be the city's first 3D-printed home. Gone are the days of pouring concrete by hand. Why ...

Laura holds a Master's in Experimental Neuroscience and a Bachelor's in Biology from Imperial College London. Her areas of expertise include health, medicine, psychology, and neuroscience. The ...

Construction waste comprises almost a third of our landfills. That’s partly because the way we make buildings hasn’t changed much in more than a century. But now several construction startups are ...

This 3D printer is big enough to build houses. Created by Italian engineering company WASP, the project has aspirations to solve the global housing crisis by building houses using sustainable ...

What just happened? In a workshop filled with the whir of machines and the scent of fresh plastic, two makers have found a new use for an old piece of exercise equipment. Ivan Miranda and Jón Schone, ...

Northwestern University researchers have developed HARP, a 3D printer that can print large objects at rapid speeds in a relatively small space. The HARP splits the difference between speed and size ...

BOAT BUILDING is a long-winded and tedious business, even when what is going down the slipway is a small craft made from modern materials such as fibreglass, rather than something nailed together out ...